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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                      
                            Washington, DC  20549
                                      
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                                   FORM 8-K
                                      
                                      
                                      
            CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                          
                                          
                                          
Date of Report:   June 22, 1995
         
         
                       STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
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            (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
                                          
                                          
                                Massachusetts
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                (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
                                          
                                          
    0-5108                                              04-2456637            
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Commission File No.                          (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
         
        225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts                   02110
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         (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)
         
         
                                (617) 786-3000
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              Registrant's telephone number, including area code
         


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         Item 5.   Other Events
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                   A copy of the Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting
                   Agreement") dated as  of June 21, 1995 among Registrant,
                   Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Kemper Financial Services, Inc.     
                   (the "Selling Stockholder") relating to the sale by the
                   Selling  Stockholder of 2,986,111 shares of Registrant's
                   common stock pursuant to  Registrant's Registration
                   Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-59505) is filed as an  exhibit
                   hereto.
         
         Item 7.   Exhibits
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                   1.  Underwriting Agreement    
         
         
                                  SIGNATURE
                                          
        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Registrant has duly  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
         
         Dated:  June 22, 1995
         
         
                                       STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
         
         
                                       By:   /s/ Rex S. Schuette
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                                                      Rex S. Schuette
                                          Senior Vice President and Comptroller
         


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                                    EXHIBIT LIST
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        Underwriting Agreement dated June 21, 1995
         
         







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